November 08, 2013

GIVEAWAY - Adventures In Yarn Farming Celebration

Entries for this GIVEAWAY are now closed. Congratulations to our Givewaway winner, Sara, who posted on November 12 at 8:25 a.m. - she is the lucky winner of a Sheep Shares CSA 2014 Yarn Sampler (natural) membership. Thank you to everyone who posted - and for all your kind words on the launch of my new book.

I can't believe it's almost that time. The official publication date for my new book, Adventures in Yarn Farming is next week - is November 12th! On that date, my book will be available everywhere.

I'm celebrating the official publication this month by offering a chance for one lucky person to win a membership to Sheep Shares CSA 2014.

Would you like that? Do you know someone who would?

Please leave a comment here on this post - tell me what you enjoy most about working with wool. I'll randomly draw a winner on November 30th - and that lucky someone will be enrolled as a Yarn Sampler Natural member for Sheep Shares CSA 2014. The winner will be announced here and via the email address you provide with your comment (please do not type your email addy in the body of your comment, just provide in the space where it asks for email so I can contact you.)

Please do share this post and celebrate PUB DATE with me. Thanks!

And in the meantime, here's a video trailer the good people at Roost Books made to give you a preview of my book:

What I love most about working with wool is the feeling of the wool in my hands - especially minimally processed wool - the sheepier, the better! This kind of wool seems to be telling me a story as I work with it.

I also love the magic of seeing the first stitches emerge and continue telling the story of the wool.

I love working with wool for many reasons. I love creating, I love the feel of wool in my hands, and with every item I knit I think of the sweet animals that provide this beautiful and the people that raise them with so much love and caring. The fact that we can create fiber and fabric without hurting an animal makes me happy. I really loved watching the video and hearing your voice.
Thanks for sharing.

Love, love, love working with Barb's yarns. I have been buying them through her sheep share for years. I love them because there is a luminosity in the colors that I have not found in any other yarn. I love these fibers almost more than knitting itself and have a stash to prove it. Barb has a special artistry that allows her to capture THE farm landscape in her fibers. There are hues and movement in her work, like a living landscape. It is also fabulous yarn to work (I say this with authority as I jump into my projects .. and rip them out and start again.. on a regular basis). I cannot wait to read Adventures in Yarn Farming because I have been wondering for years, "how the heck she does it all!" Congratulations on the new release!

Wool is my go-to for knitting. And since I love to purchase locally and am a supporter of our Springfield farmers' market, I would love to win the CISA sheep shares ... can you say "baaaa"? :-) Congratulations on publication!!!

Wool brings people together, knitters, spinners and lots of others. I love knitting, but it's the camaraderie that keeps me coming back for more.
Congratulations on your book, I can't wait to get it, and of course read it.

I love taking fleece that still looks and smells like a sheep, and gently taking it through all the steps of cleaning, spinning and finally knitting into a garment. It feels like a connection to so many shepherds, spinners and knitters over the ages

I love the way wool feels and how it can be shaped into anything I can imagine. Wearing it feels like I'm hugging a sheep. I also love that it has bounce when I'm knitting it. That makes for a very pleasant knitting experience.